State Aims To Produce More Graduates, Keep Them In State

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — In an effort to produce workers who can either navigate a computer keyboard or wield an acetylene torch, Gov. Asa Hutchinson suggested a way for high school graduates, home-school graduates and non-traditional students to learn skills without paying a dime.

All but six of Arkansas’ 32 public colleges and universities raised tuition and mandatory fees at rates greater than inflation between 2005 and 2010, at times because they knew an institution down the road was raising its prices as well, according to a state audit.